Villain (1971 film)

Villain
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Directed byMichael Tuchner
Written byDick Clement
Ian La Frenais
Al Lettieri (adaptation)
Based onThe Burden of Proof by James Barlow
Produced byJay Kanter
Alan Ladd, Jr.
Elliott Kastner (executive producer)
StarringRichard Burton
Ian McShane
Nigel Davenport
Donald Sinden
Fiona Lewis
T. P. McKenna
Joss Ackland
Cathleen Nesbitt
Colin Welland
CinematographyChristopher Challis
Edited byRalph Sheldon
Music byJonathan Hodge
Production
company
Distributed byMGM-EMI
Release date
  • 26 May 1971 (1971-05-26)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£383,786[1]
Box officeover £1 million (UK) (est.)[2]

Villain is a 1971 British gangster film directed by Michael Tuchner and starring Richard Burton, Ian McShane, Nigel Davenport and Donald Sinden.[3] It is based on James Barlow's 1968 novel The Burden of Proof. Villain was director Michael Tuchner's first feature film after directing in television.[4]

  1. ^ Moody, Paul (19 October 2018). EMI Films and the Limits of British Cinema. Springer. p. 112. ISBN 9783319948034.
  2. ^ Burton, 17 August 1971
  3. ^ "Villain". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference los was invoked but never defined (see the help page).